Klarinet Archive - Posting 000388.txt from 1996/12

From: Steve Prescott <mipresc@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: technical question
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:20:56 -0500

>I just read a message a middle C# so I've decided to post my technical
>question. On my B&H 1010 (about 25 years old, leather pads) I have *a*lot*
>of trouble initiating full-tube notes. Often, I just can't, and have to start
>blowing on a different note (say open G) then finger the full-tube note.
>Does anyone have an idea what is wrong. I sort of "patched" the bridge key (
>missing a part of the cork) to match the height/shape of the original cork.
>Is it the bridge key? Thanks, Bill F.

Bill,

I would think that (if I'm reading this right) if your pads ar 25
years old then you really need to have it repadded, new corks, regulated
etc. by a technician. Even leather pads don't last 25 years.

Steve

Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu